Q1 2025 EPS Estimates for Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) Increased by Analyst

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Equinor ASA in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, June 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.80 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.79. The consensus estimate for Equinor ASA’s current full-year earnings is $3.55 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Equinor ASA’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.85 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.25 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.80 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.26 EPS.

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 25th. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $25.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $25.03 billion. Equinor ASA had a return on equity of 19.67% and a net margin of 9.30%.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on EQNR. TD Cowen began coverage on Equinor ASA in a research report on Wednesday, April 24th. They set a “hold” rating and a $28.00 price objective on the stock. StockNews.com raised Equinor ASA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 22nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Equinor ASA has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $28.25.

Equinor ASA Stock Performance

Equinor ASA stock opened at $27.99 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $27.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $28.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a current ratio of 1.88. The stock has a market cap of $82.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.67, a PEG ratio of 3.57 and a beta of 0.83. Equinor ASA has a fifty-two week low of $24.44 and a fifty-two week high of $34.73.

Institutional Trading of Equinor ASA

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Equinor ASA by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 10,936 shares of the company’s stock worth $345,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its position in Equinor ASA by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 37,489 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,186,000 after acquiring an additional 481 shares in the last quarter. Balentine LLC lifted its position in Equinor ASA by 7.6% in the 4th quarter. Balentine LLC now owns 7,507 shares of the company’s stock valued at $238,000 after acquiring an additional 527 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Equinor ASA by 136.4% in the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,090 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 629 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. lifted its position in Equinor ASA by 16.2% in the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 5,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $186,000 after acquiring an additional 790 shares in the last quarter. 5.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Equinor ASA

Equinor ASA, an energy company, engages in the exploration, production, transportation, refining, and marketing of petroleum and other forms of energy in Norway and internationally. It operates through Exploration & Production Norway; Exploration & Production International; Exploration & Production USA; Marketing, Midstream & Processing; Renewables; and Other segments.